I have used coconut milk instead of cream, and agar flakes instead of gelatin (a derivative of sea vegetables rather than pig tummies – much cooler for us and the little piggies), making it dairy-free and completely vegan – which is pretty unbelievable when you taste it’s wibbly creaminess
An excellent dessert for pure vegetarians as I have used agaragar instead of gelatine. I juiced the seeds thinking that I will mix it with something else to make a nice smoothie
Use a homemade cranberry jam if you can, it tastes much better and it’s super easy to make and you can make any jam you like with this recipe, although you maybe need to add more or less sugar or water (it depends on the fruit you’re using) and you can also add agar to thicken
We saw fly agaric mushrooms which we've only seen in pictures. Wednesday, June 25 - Today we tried a new recipe for smoothies so we could use some of the delicious strawberries that Sophia and Olivia picked with their friend, Mary
Agar (Agar. There's a wealth of smoothie makers out there but you need one that's built for serious smoothie-ers, that talks about blending strawberry pips in the blurb
I have tried agaragar powder, but it tasted gummy so I nixed those. I keep my filled pastry bag standing upright in a large smoothie drink container, then remove the paperclip and press the jam down into the tip just before filling the doughnuts
I am using agaragar as the gelling agent. I almost always have a tub of Medjool dates in the fridge as I use them as a natural sweetener in so many things from smoothies to baking, like in these date roll cookies I made a while ago, and also in cooking
Most typically, mango puddings are made of mangoes, sugar, evaporated milk or cream plus agar or gelatin for their semi-firm or jelly-like kind of texture
mango pudding made with agaragar. There is another make-ahead mango dessert recipe on the blog – Mango pudding made with agaragar (Photo on right or top)
